Let’s Talk About S*x
Ok, sure — the Salt-N-Pepa song is absolutely running through my head right now. Not sure what triggered it, but here we are. This post actually started with the title “Human Connection.” That’s still what’s on my mind. But if we’re being honest, a lot of roads that lead us toward connection with other people eventually point to one destination: Sex. It’s a biological fact of being alive — not just for humans. But for us (unlike many of our fellow creatures in the animal kin
You Can Miss Who You Were...and still move forward
Grieving the old version of you while building the new one I haven’t written here in a long time. Not because I ran out of words—because I was trying to survive my own. Do you ever have times when the most detrimental words you hear are the ones that come from your internal monologue? Story of my life. It positively confounded me that I hadn’t written in this space in three years. Well, at first it did. Then I recounted the last three years to myself, and suddenly it made per
Listen...Do You Hear That?
In my "new" life post-semicolon, I will admit there are challenges. The biggest of which is pendulum swings. There are days when I'm...
Time to Clean House
Time to Clean House In some ways my life post the ; (check out that post if you don’t know what I’m talking about) is brand-spanking new....
; (semicolon)
In December 2022 I almost died. Ordinarily I would say that “almost” only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and h-bombs, but in this...
Turn, Turn, Turn
A Facebook post caught my eye a few minutes ago. It was from a pastor I follow, and was referencing Ecclesiastes 3, referencing a time...
Constant Change vs Devastating Depression
The only thing in life that truly is certain is change. It is going to occur whether we like it or not. Some people thrive on change,...
Kids' Needs or Government Greed?
We are in a new world order. COVID has changed the way the world works in more ways than we can count – many horrible, the occasional...
A New “Normal”
Is anyone else tired of that phrase? First, an acknowledgement of the fact that it has been 9 months since I last posted here. It would...
What’s Your Motive? The Gameshow!
I’m feeling reflective today about Whys. Why did you do that? Why did you say that? Why did you help so-and-so? Why didn’t you leave that...
